Shoe rack



B. MOORE.

SHOE BACK.

Patented Feb. 7, 1922'.

Y UNITED/STATES nemmrmooim, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SHOE RACK.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, BARNEY Moons, a citizenof the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and,State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in ShoeRacks, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to means for suspending or hanging articles ofapparel to walls or doors, and particularly to a shoerack. The object ofmy invention is to make a rack that is, preferably, made of sheet metal,and is particularly adapted to be fastened to the inside of closet doorsfor the purpose of hanging shoes of all sizes and styles and hold themrigid regardless of jarring or slamming of the door. 7 This I accomplishby means hereinafter iiilly described and particularly pointed out inthe claim. I

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a door showing myimprovements applied thereto.

Fkigure 2 is a front view of my improved rac Figure 3 is a verticalsection taken on line 3, 3, Figure 2.

1 Referring to the drawings, A represents a door and B the mid-rail thatseparates the upper and lower panels of the same. My improved shoe-rackC consists of a strip of metal, that is of such shape-as to provide alower portion 0, provided at intervals with apertures for the passage ofnails, screws or the like whereby the device may be secured in place foruse, preferably as shown,

and integral with the lower portion there is an offset portion or rackd, the parts 0 and {Z being connected by an lnterinediate portion 6,there being present two right angular bends, the portions being of suchsize that when the shoe rack is attached to a support the heel engagingpart will be maintained outstanding from the plane surface to which itis secured. It will be noted that the upstanding portion is ofconsiderable height relative to the other portions and that the part cthat is integral with parts 0 and d is of such size that. shoes whenheld by their heels will be maintained away from the support or door.The upper Specification of Letters Patent.

PATENT OFFIC E".

Patented Feb. 7, 1922.

Application filed October 29, 199,0. Serial No. 420,378.

edgeof rack d is provided with a series of serrations f that have theirupper angles truncated and are of a depth and width excpleding thelength and width of a heel of a s oe.

In order to hang a shoe in the rack, the heelof the same is placed inone of the serrations 7 so that the forward edges thereof catch and hangwholly upon the converging edges of the serrations, with the foot of theshoe hanging downwardly. difference what the size of the shoe is or whatthe width of its heel is in so far as the ability of my improvements tohang the same is concerned. A shoe having a narrow heel will engage theedges of the serrations f of the narrower lower portion thereof while ashoe having a wider heel will engage the edges of said serrations at apoint higher up, substantiallyas shown in Figure 2 of the drawings. v f

The rack will thus accommodate all sizes of shoes, and provide a supportfor the same that will securely hold them and prevent their being easilydisplaced by the opening or closing of the door, while permitting theireasy removal whenever desired. It will be understood that my improvedshoerack can be secured to walls or partitions of a building as well asto the doors thereof; theintention being to provide a shoe-rack that canbe used anywhere. It will also be apparent that the design of the rackas shown in the drawings, can be modified or changed without departingfrom the spirit tions of different widths, and an intermediate portionformed by right angular longitudinal bends which positions the upper andthe lower portions in different planes, the aforesaid upper portionhaving V-shaped recesses which are spaced apart one from the other toprovide between the recesses truncated portions, the portions being ofsuch It makes no.

the shoe will depend and the sole will be Witnesses:

dilnensions that the inner faces of the re- In Wit116$ whereof I havehereunto set cesses are adapted to engage opposite sides my handth1s24t-h dayofjOctober, 1920. of the heel of a shoe so that the toeendof maintained away from the support t which FRANK T OMASONQ the rackis attached. 'VIOLET WARDELL.

BARNEY MOORE. 7

